Mystery
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The precision of the fold was uncanny. Every corner came to a sharp point, every edge matched up perfectly to the adjacent one, every detail meticulously cared for and doted over. So much time was spent on the details of the wrapping. It was perfect! Oddly, with the care taken to obsessively ensure that the wrapping was pristine, the twine was carelessly wrapped around. First in a horizontal fashion and vertically, with the thread crossing itself on the bottom and hastily tied into a sloppy, uneven bow on the top. There was a layer of dust covering it. It had been sitting on that shelf for quite some time, untouched, unopened. I imagined lifting it off the shelf to reveal a diagonal facing rectangle shape where it had blocked the dust from the shelf. I wanted to blow the layer of dust off the top and examine the package more closely, but every time I would reach out to touch it, I was denied with a swift whack to my hand.
By C.L. Deslongchamp 5 years ago in Fiction
Rough Cut
It was a suspicious package wrapped in brown paper screaming to be opened, until I saw the address. Simply put, it was the final chapter that I knew would arrive one day and this was apparently that one day. I had been waiting for years to read it. But now that it was here, did I really want to open it? That question would become a see-saw of emotions. While it had been placed into the mailbox just in time for a break, I would be leaving a necessary task for the dreaded task of opening that box. I know that prying into the box would conclude the story written long before I was born.
By Verna K Gunderson5 years ago in Fiction
PurgaStories
Jimmy Fenton sat in his work cubicle scrolling aimlessly through his social media feed. Jimmy was a journalist at a mediocre news station and hadn’t contributed much during his time there. He longed for the chance to catch a big break and find that life changing news story that would finally make him visible to his colleagues. As he scrolled past countless memes, faked food hacks and subscription service advertising, he came across an ad that grabbed his attention.
By Ryan Barbin aka “Dirt”5 years ago in Fiction
Monsieur Death
A knock on my door woke me. I hadn’t even realized I was sleeping. Stupid humans, always wasting their time on useless things. I paused on my way to the door, thinking back. I couldn’t remember what sleep had been like. Alright, that may have been a bit scary. I shook off the feeling and opened the door. An older blond woman stood there, smiling so much it must have hurt her face.
By And I am Nightmare5 years ago in Fiction
Tightly Wrapped.
It all started on Wednesday the 21st of July 2021, I woke that morning at 6am. It was a chilly 14 degrees in Cairns and I had left my ceiling fan on so it felt more like it was only 9 degrees. I like to wake with a minimum of 22 degrees and hope it reaches at least 32 degrees by lunch time. I have now lived here for 13 years and love the place.
By Andrew James McNicol5 years ago in Fiction
The Inspector of Dead Letters
David had been handling a strangely high amount of suspicious looking brown paper packages lately. It was customary for a mail-man to receive one or two, but in the past fortnight the sheer velocity of suspicious brown parcels placing into unsuspecting mailboxes had David furrowing his brow in confusion.
By Rachel M.J5 years ago in Fiction
Gone
Annabelle was up at dawn, as usual, even though she didn’t have anywhere to be, or anything to do. She drank her coffee as she stood in the small kitchen of the cabin she had rented for a week. She stared out of the window over the sink into the deep woods. Most of the trees had dropped their brown leaves, but some still clung stubbornly onto forlorn limbs.
By Mary Medlock5 years ago in Fiction
